B-Side Stories Podcast
1) The Visual Narrative Lab: A Place for Storytellers
Dylan Horrocks and Zach Dodson have created a university programme that their younger selves dreamed about. They are co-founders of The Visual Narrative Lab: a place for visualisers and world-builders...Show More
2) Music, Dancing, and whakawhanaungatanga: Wellington Folk Festival celebrates its 60th year
“Music is the emotional underscore, but it’s not just the music – it’s the dancing, it’s the people, it’s the whakawhanaungatanga”. The Wellington Folk Festival has been held once a year since 1965. ...Show More
3) Tom Kay - Running for Greater Wellington in Pōneke/Wellington General
We are joined by Tom Kay, an independent candidate for Greater Wellington's Pōneke/Wellington General area. Tom was born in Hawkes Bay and has worked in Wellington as an environmental advocate, freshw...Show More
4) Trish Given — Running for Wellington's Eastern Ward
In this episode, we sit down with Trish Given, an independent candidate for Wellington City Council's Motukairangi/Eastern Ward. Born in Ireland and a resident of Wellington for 16 years, Trish has bu...Show More
5) Growing up on the back of a taniwha: Artist and comedian Noa Noa Von Bassewitz
Noa Noa Von Bassewitz grew up living on the back of the Taniwha Whātaitai. Her childhood dream of becoming a vampire was thwarted by braces, but she has woven personal and symbolic representations of ...Show More
6) Iona and Sue from the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation
"It was the most impactful story I've ever written". When journalist Iona McNaughton wrote a feature about Vietnam-based Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, she didn't expect it to resonate so strong...Show More
7) Community connector Kim Young on Rice Pudding, moments of joy, and Newtown Open Studios
Kim Young is one of the founders of Newtown Open Studios, a marriage celebrant, a gallery owner, a poker player, a gardener, and a zero waste advocate, amongst other things. She talks to Sadie Coe abo...Show More
8) Playwright Jack McGee talks about the Fringe Festival
The New Zealand Fringe Festival is Aotearoa's largest open-access arts event. We talked to award-winning playwright, producer, and reviewer Jack McGee about some of the cool stuff to see at Fringe, an...Show More
9) B-Sides live at the Newtown Festival 2024
On Sunday March 3, 2024, B-Side Stories hung out at the amazing Newtown Festival with the Access Radio crew and 80,000 happy revellers. Lots of cool people stopped by to talk to us. Here are some of t...Show More
10) Newtown Festival performance preview
Trish and Sadie talk about upcoming events, and play some tracks by performers at this weekend's Newtown Festival. Made with the support of Wellington Access Radio and NZ on Air